El 1 IMAGE.
THE BalOOKIiTN niVIXE'S fclWDAT
8ERJIO.Y,
'Ihe BJrlhlco f Kewlng Sof-ltties."
, (lrrrbd at Joppa.)
: Text: "And ail th widows stood by him
wrepinff, and lowing ia coat and (
tne-nfa which Dorcnjt. made while tea
ivith the n." Acts ix., 30. .:
Christians of Joppa J Impressed as I nm
with your mosque, tho ili-st 1 ever saw, and
ttirreu as I am with tha fact that yonr hiii
Lor once floated the great rafts of Lebanon
radar from which the temples at Jerusalem
wero biiiktad, Solomon's oxen drawing the
logs through this very town on the
way to Jerusalem, nothing .can make
ine forget that this Joppa was the
birthplace of the sewing society that
has blessed the poor of all succeeding ages in
all lauds. The disasters to your town when
Judas Maecabteus set it on fire, and Napoleon
had fire hundred prisoners massacred in
ycur neighborhood, cannot make me forget
that one of the most magnificent -charit ies of
the centuries was started in this seaport by
Dorcas, a woman with her needle embroider
ing her name ineffaceably in the beneficence
of the world. I see her sitting in yonder
home. In the doorway, and around about
the building, and in the - room - where
ho sits, - are the pale faces of the
jKior. She listens to their plaint, she
pities - their woe, sho makes garments
for them, she adjusts the manufatured arti
cle to suit the bent form of this invalid
woman, and to the cripple that comes crawl
ing on his hands and knees. She gives a
-oat to this one, she gives sandals to that one.
With tho gifts she mingles prayers and tears
and Christian encouragement. Then 8he
goes out to be greeted on the street corners
by those whom she blessed, and all through
the street tho cry is heard : "Dorcas is com
ing!"' The sick look up gratefullv in her
face as she puts her band on the burn
ing brow, and the lost and the abandoned
ttart up with hope as they hear . her
gentle voice, as though an angel had
addressed them; and as sho goes out the
lane, eyes half put out with sin think they
pee a halo of light about her brow, and a trad
of glory m her pathway. 1 hat night a naii
paid shipwright climbs the hill and reaches
home, and sees his littlo boy well clad, and
soys: "Where did these clothes come from"
And theyelthim, "Dorcas has been here."
In another place a woman is trimming a
lamp; Doi-cus brought the oiL In another
place, a family that had not been nt table
for many a week are gathered now, for Dor
cas has brought bread. ,
But there is a sudden pause in t hat woman's
ministry. They eay: "Where is Dorcas?
Why, we haven't seen her for many a day.
"Where is Dorcas?". And one of these poor
Hvjoplo goes up and knocks at the door and
liuds the mystery, solved. All through the
haunts of wretchedness, the news comes;
"Dorcas ia sick"' No bulletin flashing from
the palace gate, telling the stages of a King's
flisease, is more anxiously awaited for than
the news from this sick benefactress. Alas!
for Joppa there is 'wailing, wailing. That
voice which has uttered so many cheerful
words is : hushed: that hand which
had - made so many garments for the
poor isv cold and still; that 6tar
which had poured light into the midnight of
wretchedness is dimmed by tho blinding
mists that go up from the river of death. In
every Ood forsaken place in this town,
wherever there is a 6ick child and no balm;
v her ever there is hunger and no bread:
wherever, there k guilt and no commiseration;
wherever there is a broken heart and no
comfort, there ore despairing looks and
ttrearoing ; eyes, and frantic gesticulations
as they crys "Dorcas is- dead P They send
for the opoetlo Peter, who happens to be in
the suburbs of this place, stopping with a
tanner by the name of Simon. Peter urges
his way through the crowd around the door,
and stands in the presence of the dead. What
expostulation and grief all about him! Here
stand some of the poor people, who show the
garments which this poor woman had made
for them. Their grief cannot be appeased.
The apostle Peter wants to perform a mira
cle. He will not do it amidst 1 the excited
crowd, bo he kindly orders that the whole
room be cleared. The door is shut against
the populace. The apostle stands now with
the dead. Oh. it ia a serious moment, .you
Vnowwben you are alone with a lifeless
boT"Tfte!iQtle gets down on his knees
and prays, and then becomes to the lifeless
form of this one all ready tor the sepulchor,.
and in the strength of Him who is the resur
rection ho exclaims: "Tabitha, arise!"
There is a stir in the fountains of life; the
heart flutters; the nerves thrill ; the cheek
flushes: the eye opens; she sits up!
We see in this subject Dorcas the disciple;
Dorcas the benefactress ; Dorcas the lamented ;
Dorcas the resurrected.
If I had not eeen that word disciple hi my
text, I wotdd have known this woman was a
Christian. Such music as that never came
liouia heart which 4s not chordod and
btrung by divine grace. Before I show you
the needle-work of this woman, I want to
fchow you ber regenerated heart, the source
. of a pure life and of all Christian charities.
I wish that the wives and . mothers and
daughters and sisters of all the earth would
imitate Dorcas in her discipleship. Before you
cross thelbi ebhoiftD the hoSpitalJbefore you
enter upon the temptations and trials
of to-morrow, I charge you,' in the
' name of God, and by the turmoil and
tumult of the judgment day, ob. women !
that you attend to the first, last and
greatest duty of your life the seeking
for God and being at peace with Him.
When the trump 5 shall sound, there
".t lbwvnunpro9jind' wreck of mount
till And. ennf inent. and im limnnn nrm
ran help you. Amidst the rising of the
dead, ana amidst tho boiling of yonder
wa, and amidst the live, leaping thunders
of the flying heavens; calm and placid
will be every woman's heart who hath
put her trutt in Christ; calm notwithstand
ing all the tumult, as though the fire in the
heavens wero only tho gildings of an autum
nal sunset, as though the peal of the trumpet
were only the harmony of an orchestra, ns
though the awful voices of the sky were but
9 group of friends bursting through a gate
way at eventima with laughter, and shont
,ing "Dorcas, the disciple T' Would God that
every Mary and every Martha would this
day sit down at the feet of Jesus! .
Further, we see Dorcas the benefactress.
Histoiy has told the story of the crown; the
epic poet has sung of the sword; the pastoral
poet, with his versos full of the redolence of
clover tops, and a-rustle with tho silk of the
corn, has sung the praises of the plow. I tell
you the praises of the needle. From the tig
leaf robe prepared in tho garden of Eden to
the iast stitcli taken on the garment for tho
poor, the. needle has wrought -wonders of
kindness, generosity and benefaction. It
adorned the girdle of the high priest.; it fash
ioned the eurtnins in the ancient tabernacle;
it cushioned the chariot of King Solomon;
It provided the robes of Queen Elizabeth;
atul in high places and In low places, by the
lire of the pioneer buck log and under tho
flash of , .the chandelier, everywhere, it has
rlotbed nakedness, it has preached the Gos
pel, it lias overcome hosts of penury and
want-with the irar cry of "fstit stitch,
r-titch1' The operatives have found a liveli
hood by it,and through it the mansions of
the 'employer have been contracted.
Amidst tho .greatest triumphs in all
opres and lands, I set down the con
fjiifsls of the needle. I admit its crimes. I
admit it cruelties. It has had more martyrs'
lhn the fire: it has punctured the eye; it has
pmreed the sidej it has struck weakness into
I ho li!DrB; it has sent madness into the brain;
)t hi filled the potter's field; it has pitched
w hole armies of the suffering into crime and
wi et'.'heiiuesrt and woe. But now that I am
.talking of Dorcas and hor ministries to the
)..'), 1 t-hall speak only of charities of the
i is woinan was. a represaatative of all
(,),, i wotjum who make garments for the
into, who knit ocks for the barefooted,
t . prepare bandajres tor the lacerated, who
'" s n Lo&es of clotii;ug formSKinaries, who
go into The asylums of the suffering and des
titute bearing that Gospel which is sight for
the blind, and hearing for ; the deaf,
and which makes the lame man leap like n
hart, and brings the dead to life, immortal
health bounding in their pulses. What a
contrast between the practical benevolence
of this woman and a great deal of the char
ity of this day! This woman did not spend
her tiuno idly , planning how the poor
of your city of - Joppa wero to bo re
lieved; she took her needle and relieved them,
blie was not liko those persons who sym
pathize with imaginary sorrows, and go out
ux the street and laugh at the boy who has
upset his basket of cold victuals, or, like t hat
charity which makes a rousing speech on tho
benevolent platform, and goes out to kick the
beggar from the step, cryingt "Hush your
miserable howling !" The sufferers of the
world wont not so much theorv as practice:
not so much tears as dollars; not so much
kind wishes as loaves of . broad; not so
much BHiiloa as shoes; not . so much
"God bless yousf as jackets and frocks.
I will put one earnest Christian man, bard
working, against five thousand more theorists
on the subject of charity. There we a great
many who have fine ideas about church archi
tecture who never in their life helped to
bnild a church. There are men who ' con
givo you the history of Buddhism and Ab
hammodanism, who never sent a farthing
for their evangelization. There are- women
who talk beautifully about the suffering of
the world," who never had the courage like
Dorcas to take the needle and assault it.
I am glad that there is not a page of, the
world's uistory which is not a record of fe
male benevolence. God says to all lands and
people. Come now and hear the widow's mite
rattle down into the poor box. The Princess
of Conti sold all her jewels that she might
help the famine stricken. Queen Blanche,
the wife of Louis VIII, of France, hearing
that there were some persons unjustly in
carcerated in the prisons, went out amidst
the rabble and took a stick and struck the
door ts a signal that they might all strike it,
and down went the prison door and out
eame the prisoners. Queen Maud, ' the
wife of Henry I.,, went down amidst the
poor . and washed their soros and ad
ministered to them cordials. Mi's. Ret son,
at Matagorda, appeared on the battlefield
while the missiles of death were flying
around, and cared for the wounded. Is
there a irian or woman who has ever heard
of the Civil War in America who has not
beard of the women of the (Sanitary and
Christian commissioners, or the fact that, be
fore the smoke had gone up from Gettysburg
and (South Mountain, the women of , the
North met the women of the South on the
battlefield, forgetting all their animosities
while they bound up the wounded, and closed
the eyes of the slam? Dorcas the benef ao
tress. . : ' .
I come now to speak of Dorcas the
lamented. When death struck down that
good woman, oh, how much sorrow thero
was in this town of Joppa! I suppose there
were women here with larger fortunes;
woraeu, perhaps, with handsomer faces; but
there was no grief at their departure like this
at the death of Dorcas, There was not more
turmoil aud upturning in the Mediterran
ean Sea, dashing against the wharves of this
seaport, than there were sargings to and fro
of grief because Dorcas was dead. Thero
are a great many who go out of life and are
unmissed.' There may be a very large
funeral; there may be a great many carriages
and n plumed hearse;-; there may be high
sounding eulogiums; the bell may toll at the
cemetery gate; there may be a very fine
marble shaft reared over the resting place:
but the whole thing may be a falsehood and
a sham. The church of God has lost nothing,
tho world has lost nothing. It is only a
nuisance abated; it is only a grumbler ceas
ing to find fault; it is only an idler stopped
yawning: it is only a dissipated fashionable
parted from his wine cellar; while, on
tho other hand, no useful Christian leaves
this world without being missed. The church
of God cries out like the prophet: "Howl,
fir tree,' for the cedar has fallen.1' Widow
hood comes and shows, the garments which
the departed had made. Orphans are lifted
up to look into the calm face of the sleeping
benefactress. Reclaimed vagrancy comes
and kisses the cold brow of her who charmed
it away from sin, and all through the streets
of Joppa there is mourning mourning, be
cause Dorcas is dead.
When Josephine of Francs was carried
out to ber-grave, there were a great many
men and women of pomp and pride and posi
tion that went out after her; out I am most
affected by the story of history that on that
day there were ten thousand of the poo of
France who followed her coffin, weeping aud
wailing until the air rang again, because,
when they . lost Josephine,, they lost
their " last . earthly friend. Oh; ! who
would not rather have such ' obse
quies than all the, tears that were
ever poured in the lachrymals that have
been exhumed from ancient cities. There
may be no mass for the dead; there may be
no costly sarcophagus; there may be no
elaborate mausoleum; but in the damp cel
lars of the city, and through the lonely huts
of the .mountain glen, there.will.be mourn
iug, mourning, mourning, because Dorcas is
dead. "Blessed are the dead who die in the
Lord ; they rest from their labors, and their
works do follow them."
I speak to you of Dorcas the resurrected.
The apostle came to wbero she was and said: "
"Arise; and she sat up!" In what a short
compass the great writer put that "Sh sat
up!" Oh, what a time there must have been
around this town, when the apostle brought
her out among her old friends! How the
tears of joy must have started! What clap
ping of hands there must have been! What
singing! What laughter! Sound it all
through that lane ! Shout it down that dark
alley 1 Let all Joppa hear it J Dorcas is res
urrected! -
You and I have seen the same thing many
a time; not a dead .body resuscitated, but
tho deceased coming up again after death in
the good accomplished. If a man labors up
to fifty years of age, serving God, and then
dies, we are apt to think that his earthly
work is done. No. His influence on earth
will continue till the world ceases. Services
rendered for Christ never stop. A Christian
woman toils for the upbuilding of a church
through many anxieties, through
many self denials, with prayers
and tears, and then she dies. It is fifteen
years since she went away. Now the spirit
of God descends upon that church; hundreds
of souls stand up and confess the faith of
Christ. Has that Christian women, . who
went away fifteen years ago, nothing to do
with these things? I see the flowering out of
her noble heart. I hear the echo of her foot"
steps in all the songs over sins forgiven, in
all tho prosperity of the church. The good
that seemed to be buried has come np again.
Dorcas is resurrected.
After a while all these womanly friends
of Christ will put down their needle forever t
After making garment for others, some one
will make a garment for them;, the last robe
we ever wear the robe for the grave, v You
will have heard the last cry of pain.. You
will have witnessed the last orphanage. You
will have come in wora out from your last
round of xscrcy I do not know where you
will sleep, nor what your epitaph will be;
but t here will be a lamp burning at that tomb
and an angel of God guarding 1 and through
all the long night no rude foot will, disturb
the dust. Sleep on, sleep, on! Soft bed,
pleasant shadows,' undisturbed repose I Sleep
out ' " -
Asleep 1n Jesnn! Bleiwetl Bleep! "
From which none ever wake to weep.
Then one day there-' will be a sky" rending,
pnd a whirl of wheels, and the fiasll of a
pageant ; armies marching, chains clanking,
banners waving, thunders booming, and that
Christian woman will arise from tho dust,
and she will be suddenly' surrounded sur
rounded by the wanderers of the street whom
she reclaimed, surrounded by the wounded
souls to whom she administered!" Daughter
of (od, so strangely surrounded, what means
this? It means that reward has come, that
tho victory is won, that the crown is ready,
that the banquet is spread. Shout it through
all the crumbling earth; ' Sin it through
all the flying heavens. Dorcas in resurrected !
In 18oo, when some of the soldiers came
back from the Crimean war to London, the
Queen of England distributed among tliem
beautiful medals, caUiwl Cniiu-.m medals.
Galleries were erected for the t o bouses p(
Parliament and the royal family to sit in.
Thero was a great audiencd to witness the
distribution of the medals. A Colonel who
had lost botli feet in the battle of Inkermau
was pulled in on a wheel chair; others come
in limping on their crutchej. Then tho Queen
arose before them iu the name of , her
government, and uttered words of commen
dation to the officers and men, and distrib
uted these medals, inscribed with the four
great, battlefields, Alma, Baloklava, Inker
man and Sobostopol. As the Queen gave
these to the wounded men and the wounded
officers, the bands of music struck up the na
tional air, and the people with streaming eyes
joined in the song:
- . God mt onr gracious Queeu!
Lonr live our noble Queen!
.' GoU save tbo Queen I
And then they ' shouted , "Huzza ! huzza P
Ob, it was a proud day for those returned
warriors t But a brighter, better and glad
der day will come when Christ shall gather
those who have toiled in His . service, good
soldiers of Jesus Christ. He shall rise be
fore them, and in the presence of all the
glorified of heaven He will say; "Well done,
good and faithful servant!" and then He will
. distribute the medals of eternal victory, not
inscriDea witn worics or ngnieousness. wmcn
we have done, but with thoso four great bat
tlefileds, dear to earth and dear to heaven,
Bethlehem I Nazareth! Gethsemane! Cal
vary! . . . .... ., r .
IMPRISONED BY FLAMES.
One Hundred Men Caught In a Burn-
: ins Building;.
Four smoke-blackenei and . crumbling
walls, towering tip above a steaming, smok
iaz, smoulderiug mass of machinery, brick
and building debris is all that now remains
of the eight story brick building at the cor
ner of First avenue south and Fourth street,
Minneapolis, Minn., in which had been prin
ted three daily and one weekly newspapers,
and where was located the Minneapolis 2Vi
bune, besides numerous' other offices. It is
expected that from ten to twenty persons
lost their lives. Shortly after 11 o'clock a
wall fell and a number of bersoas are . be
lieved to have been buriod. Eight men in
jured have been taken out. -
The fire started in a law offloe in the third
story: The cry of 'fire" was raised, and
.several persons went down from the seventh
story to investigate, but returned to work.
The smoke began to fl 1 the narrow stair
way, and everybody made leisurely prepara
tions to depart. No immediate danger wjtt
feared. The only exits from the building,
which was supposed to be tire-proof were a
narrow staircase, the elevator and a single
tire escape. The flames sought the elevator
shaft, wuich conveyed them to the top story.
Tb fire was a fierce one while It lasted,
and it was due to tha effective work of the
department that the flames were kept from
spreading to tha frame buildings on the
adjacent lots.
The plan of the building was such as to
make it well nigh impossible for anyone who
had delayed after tha alarm had teen given
to make his escape from the building. As
there were not less than one huadred men at
work on the upper stories at the time the
fire broke out, and the warning was late as
well as the means of egress limited, some
loss of life was a certainty..
. Three years ago tho iuadt qu ite fire protec
tion of the building was considerably agi
tated, the matter , beiti taken up by the
trades and labor assembly aud carried finally
to the city officials, an attempt being niaae
.to have the building properly protected or
condemned, but no.bing cams of it. . -
Sven bodies were found around the build
ing all of which have teen identified..
Other bodies are known to te in the build
ing, but just how many is uncertain. ' Two
men, who could not be identified, shot them-,
selves rather than be burned to death. The
body of a man caught in the ruins, was in
? lain sighs of the crowd on Fourth street
r. ia haliAvarl t.hnt. Mia niimhur of victims will
Preach 23 and prh'aps 25 at present. Posi
tive laioruiuuuu tu iv ins nat vuuuvu ue
obtained. ' , : "
NINETEEN LIVES LOST.
tho American Biiin C'heteboroujrhi
' Goea on Hi Rocks. .
The stoamship GiB'ic,' at San Francisco,
from China and Japan, brings news that the
American ship Che9aborough was wrecked
OjL SO by running of the rocks off Sluchi-Ri-Hasi.
Nineteen of th3 crew were
drowned. The vessel was from Hokodate to
San Francisco with sulphur. Four of the
cew were saved.
Victor Boeck, aged. 18, of Philadelphia,
was one of the four survivors. After relat
ing his terrible experience in the battle for
life, and the disappearance one by one of the
crew as tbey were swept, from tha rigging
in which they had taken reiuge, he give?
the following tale of his own trials, together
with a man named Nolan: '
"I succeeded in getting a piece of round
wool which seemed to belong to a top mast,
about two fathoms long, bein round it
revolved like a treadmill and I bad to let
go. Nolan stuck to If. I swam off and suc
ceeded in getting a deck beam with large
spikes in it. On this I was tossed about on
the angry waves like a feather, but by hard
work I kept the timber beaded toward shore
and tried to propel it with my feet. I got
it about half way. Some of ttie others were
ahead of me. At this time the enormous
sea swept over us, currying away supports
and dashing the drift wood against us. I
was covered with bruises aud scars. I sank
ilve times and was fully persuaded I should
be drowned, but did not giva.np, I remem
bered feeling a not unpleasant sensation,
bright and pretty colored lights seemed to
twinkle t efore my eyes, and the incideut) of
my life flash througti my brain. Once more
I seized a piece of wood with a death grip
and clung to it. I looked around, but could
not Bee any of my previous companions.
Tiny were drowned. Many times I was
washed from my timber, but at -last my feet
touched shore, and a huge braker rolled me
over and over. I lost no time in scrambling
to shore by moans of a rope some Japanese
fishermen threw to me. The fishermen cared
for me and the 'three others who reached
land, though Mons. Peepsa and another were
raving crazy from tneir torture ia the
water."
The men were kindly taken to the village
of Awomorl and provided with clothing and
stiiuulents and given such relief as was pos
sible, '
MARKETS. ;
B if timokk Flour City Mills, e xtra, 4. 50
a$l.35. Wheat Southern Kultz. Wai4:
Corn Southern White, 42a43 cts, Yellow
tia42c. Oats Southern and Pennsylvania
Zoosyjcts. : Rye Maryland & Pennsylvania
5'ia53cts. ; Hay Maryland and Pennsylvania
allK cts.. Western, lUalOif cts; E?gs vA
a25, lobacco Leaf Inferior, la$:J.0iJ, Good
Common, 3 00a 4 00, Middling, $5a7.00 Good
to line red,8a'J; Fancy, 10a$li
New York Flour Southern Common to
fair extra,t'3.50a 2.85: Wheat-Nol White 64
a8 1 ;Rye State. 51 jao2$ -.Corn SoutUer n
Yellow, 42a42l Oats-Wnite.StateST'atft'
cts. ; Butter-State. 12n24 cts. ; Cheese-Stau,
8al0 cts.; Eggs 24aIMi,' cte.
Philadelphia. Flour Pennsylvania
fancy, 4.25a4. 75; Wheat Pennsylvania and
Southern Red, SOa&O; Rye-Peansvlvania
55a56cts:Corn--outhern Yellow, t IJs-tScts,
Oats !&).a2t cts. ; Butter State, 1 ift cts. ;
Cheese N. Y.. Factory, Qii'jyt eta." Eggs.
State. 5Jla22 cts.
CATTLE.
B a ltimohs Beef, 4 14 25; Sheep (3 00
a5 00. Hogs $i 2,430.
"Mtff YORK Eieef 5 00a7 00 ; Shoep-f 3 50
.Kast Liberty -BHefjs Wai 00; Bhept--OaS
tWiilog-i . 5.
13 5Jai4 uu;atraw-YV neac,7.DJa$5.50;Butter,
Eastern Creamery, lda'ioc., near-by receipts
BalScta: Cheese Eastern Fancy Cream. 1IW
In a Tarls Hotel. . ' v
For bed -room use you are expected
to provido yottr own eoap and matches.
Lights, a very nice caudle, by the way,
that does sot drip, and in showy silyfer
plated candle-sticks, are charged for a
franc each. Yon cannot barn too many
for a hotel-keeper,- who would keep
you in a great state of brilliancy-all
night long. -Women, especially, those
who are vain, must revel in the Paris
ian r bed-rooms, ; for they abound in
mirrors on every side. The wardrobe
door is a full-length mirror; there is a
mirror over, the mantel, another over
the dressing table, and a fourth come
where else. And thoy are the real
French plate, too, which never make
J'ou fancy von are cross-eyed or facial
y crooked,' and sometimes, the tigly
women think, really make you look
handsome.
The Reason.
Two men, in tho dining-room of a
hotel, were watching a hungry fellow
who sat near them. u
"Waiter," said the . hungry fellow,"
"bring me some fried perch." - -
After he had eaten the perch he or
dered a broiled bass and, after devour
ing it, said : '
"Now just bring me along any other
fish that you happen to have handy.1
"That fellow is extremely fond of
fish," said one of the men. -
"Not so much that he is fond of them
as the fact that he hasn't had any for a
long time."
"He could get them, I am sure. The
m arkets are full of thero."
"Yes, but you see he has been beyond
the reach of the markets; he has just
returned from a fishing expedition.
In Nashville- Tenn., tliev devise i a
shrewd arrangement for enabling Vo'.ers
who could not read, to place their cross
in the right place on the ballot of the
Australian system. They had tin plates
rcade just the size of the ballots, and
with slots c jt in the.n at such intena'a
that the open spaces Would como oier
those nan es which tho voter desired t J
cross. A young lawyer of fa hville in
vented the device the night before tho '
election. . V-
Toumaynlng of the beauty of springtime
That clow on the cheek of th young, .
But I sing of a beauty that's rarer ,
Than any nf which you have sung.
The beauty that's seen in the faces
Of women whose bummer is o'er,
The autumn-like beauty that charms us
Far more than the beaut v of vore, -- -
u: Bnt this beauty is seen too rarely. The faces
oi most women lose 1 03 reaury or youui too
toon. Female disordera are like frosts which
come lon'p the flowers which betoken good
health, without which there can be no real
beauty. If our Amoricau women would forti
fy themselves against tbo approach of the ter
rible disorders so prevalent among thent, by
OBl -sr Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, their
go. a looks would b retained to a "sweet old
a e." Tbii remedy Is a gtiardntetd cure for all
te distressing weaknesses and derangements
peca.iar to women.
" Di:. Pierce s Pelletts, one a does. Care bead
sohe, oonstip itloa aid.indl ostl on.
1 The fu'tur' homo ot the wi-Wd is' raved
with good intentions but the pavements
never bow, up and the system has its
advantage. :
Deafness Can't he C'nrcl J '
By local applications, t s they cannot reaoh
the diseased portion of the car. There is only,
one way f cave Deafness, and that is by con
stitutional -rcinedies. Deafnes3 is caused by.
an I flamed condition of tho mucous lining of
the EustaehiaiiTubc When this tub ire's in
flamed you Lave a inmb injr sound or imper
fect hcai'lu. and when it is entirely closed
Deafnosiiis the result, and unless the inflam
mation can bo taken out and this tubereatored
to its normal condition, hearing will lie de
stroyed forever; nine cares out of t-n are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing bnt on in
flamed condition of thomueotis surfaces.
We will givo One Hundred 1 dlnrs for any
case of Deafness (causod by Catarrh) that we
cannot cure by takhnr Hall's Catarrh Cure,
bend for clr. ula s, tree.
F. J. Ciiknev A Co , Toledo, O.
IS" Bold by Druggists, 75e. -
Who hath no more bread than he needs
should rot -keep ado?, but he generally
keeps 8fV. y
A S'i. 50 Paper lor 31.75.
Tite Youth's Companion elves so much for
the small amount that it costs it is no wonder
Mistaken- already in nearly Half a Million -Families.
With its fine paper and beautiful
Illustrations, its Weekly Illustrated hunple'
tnentsand its Double Holiday .Numbers, it
seems rs if the publishers eould not do enouct
to plea-e. By sending L 75 now you may ob
tain it free t January, and for a full year
from that date to January, 1801. Adures,
Thb Youth's Cohpanioiv, Bobton, Moae
Every day brines its bread, and the bill
comes on Saturday.
A Plenalng- eense i . .-..
Of health and strength renewed and of easa
and comfort follows the use of . Syrup of Fljs,
as it acts in harmony with nature to effectual
ly cleanse the system when costive or bilious.
For sole in 50c. and 1 bottle-) by all leading
druggists. . " .
. . Who lives in a r'sbs house should make
arrangements to move, .
Millions of woroen use Dobbing's Electric
Eoap daily, and say it ii the beet and cheapest.
If t ley are right, yon ouht to use it Jl
wrong, one trUtlony will show yon. Buy a bar
of your grocer and try it next Monday. ,
Oregea. the Paradlae T Farmers.
' Mild, equable climat?, certain and abundant
crop. Beit fruit, grain, grass and stock coun
try in the world. iH information free. Ad
dress Oregon Iin'igrat'n Board, Portland, Ore.
"lisffllcted with soreeyes nsn Drlsaaa Tlfomp
icn'sEyeWater.DrngBietssell at.JHo.per bottle
A Chicago druvget retnlU-d over 1C0.0D0
"Tansill's Punch" 5o. Cigars In four montlu.
Fear nothing rtsln, Lut keep away from
the electric Unlit wire. : . V -
According to recent Investigations Is caused by ex
cessive lnctlo ec'.u in the blood, Tbii acid attacks
the fibrous tissues, particularly In tho joints, and
causes tbe local manifestations of the disease, pains
and aches In the bock and should erg, and la tbe
joints at the knees, ankles, hip and wrists. Thou
sands of peoplo haro found in Hood's SarsaparllU
a positive and permanent euro for rheumatism.
This medicine, by its purifying and vitalising ac
tion, neutralizes the acidity ot tbo blood, and alio
strengthens the whole body. ' .-'"
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Bold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Prepared only,
by C I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
IOO Doses One Dollar
m
c fT V 1 Y. Boo-l;r.ng, Istn Forms.
M C Pn:mi)Siii. A ri. huiMIc Skort-hand. eta.
Ilry-ni's t'wlletru, 4.1
7 MSI
la 8, Buffalo, N, T.
IIA111T. Only Certain - and
cuey CM 'It IS In ttts World. ' Dr.
J. U feTKI'IllNS, Lab-noa, U
AI,MH Br. COM.FJJK. Philadelphia, Pa.
tk-JiolarshtpandpowHon, S.0. Write torcimnlat.
ueif) ft IflflM abont AUKAHSAJ. Gool
rtr U.li(ti I land, low itrlccs, easy trrui,
niua climate, variety of crop. nafm uta circulars :
ire. XlJOr. JnMi.v, iiBiin com r,
, . i.llt)e liock, Arkansas i
Rheumatism
, Both Tanned.
"Mjl exclaimed Mrs. Tlgg, "I loolt
like a perfect fright. I never had any
idea I would get tanned eo much in the
course of one ehort week." ,
"Me, too, lra," Baid Tommy, "who
had stayed at home to help his father
keep house while hismother was jen
joying her vacation.- " '
Doctor SQuiLLS-There is nothiDg
serious, sir ; your wife has merely hit a
little skin off the end of her tongue.
Mr. Henpeck End of her tongue I
Great Scott! I didn't know there was
tny end to it.
:Wv
BTTR TELLS IIIM
f Later unto Amtcota
Cam a pole face preacher, teaeJiinf .
Peac and progress to the natives, .
Wooed and ironJy Vhaitai
She nobler to make Tiia calling,
Whispered to him nature's secret
Told him of the herbs so potent -For
the healing and $he sating J
sitbact raoM roBii or "DARITA,
.- -- ; .- -
Trcntlee on Blood and Bkin DiBoasoe mailed freo.
ma msMfx trmm .
' "pit-O'tt 11EMEDY. FOR CATARRH. Best. Easiest.
v";itvi to use. Cheapest. Keliet te immediate. A euro is'
ESiSJ certain, for Cold in the llead it has no equal. ; -
ty'v ijT mtmrwmmimL aTssrs-TBsi i si si 1 1 s - - -
f ".' vr'I T. i -: A A. M
I , t.w at v iUVUl
r:gj to the nostrils.- Prico, 50c.
by maiL Address, . E.
5
Act on the liver and bilo; ctenr the complexion ;
cure biliousness, tick headache, costiveness,
malaria and ull liver and stomach disorders.
, We are now making small size Bile Deans,
especially adapted for children and women
very small and easy to tako. Price of either
size 25o per boitle.
. A paneleize PHOTO-GRAVURE of the
abovo picture. "Kissing at 7-1 1-70, mailed on
receipt of 2c stamp Addrors tho makers ol tut
great Anti-Bile Komedy "Hilo Beans."
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A panicle Is applied Inio eaoti noitrit una ih k'j
able. Price Sli ot, nt druggist; ay na t, registered, ii
els. 1Y BttOrUliHS. 6i Warria ... Ne Vofi.
fi QSI ONE DOLLARS.
V r V wills cm in rtfti n uiRTnil
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B- 0"0- C-itJU STBT-M.
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1 . Mr, . - tK-
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103 E. Fayette St, Baltimore, Md.
Cnpvr'tcht 1889. ' Mention ths impir when wrlt;nr
JOHN F. ST R ATT ON & SON,
Importers of alt kinds of '. l
2VXoxi.tla. KarmonloaB,
43 fc 4a Walker Bit. .Nrw Vork,
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Mart Is on
TUB Best
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I proirribe and ta"y en
done y.ig a as th' cnij
sonciflo forMieceriai icui'e.
of this rtisenf
itttt-tiirs. AniBUrdnm, JN. Y.
KraonltrflSe
V.'e have sold T5Ig il for
X
. nianv yenrs, nnd H lifts
,i;lren tb leal cf oai.a
., - tar-tion.
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At Druggists and Dealers.
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TITE SECRET.
An Editor's Exprlencp." -Mnjor
Sidney Ileibcrt. a woll-known jonrnallBt fn
agricnltnral circles, E lites Apri. 18th, 1889: Bomo
five years ago 1 wrote a letter stating that Swift's
PlK-eific hntl cured ine of scvero rbcumallsm.' . Slues
that time I have had no return cf the rhenraatlo
tronblcs, althongli freqnettly exposed to the infla
enccs that prod need former attacks. Several of my
friends had a similar experience, and arc firm In their
conviction that 8. S. S. brought a permanent enre
Thu searching power of this medicine Is shown in
the fact that it developed a scrof tfioiiB taint that was
cbnppicnons In my blood over thirty years rro, and
has removed tho last trnco of it. I havo also testod
H. S. S. as a tooic after n scvero attack of malarial
fever, wlilch kept mo In Led for three months, and .
am convinced that Its cunitivo and stronglhenins -properties
insured lay recovery from that Ulncas, as
X was in a very low condition of health.
. Bidrbt Il-nuBBT, Atlanta, Ga.
Swift's SrBoiFio Cokpant. Drawer 8, Atlanta, Oa.
in t n it ,77nsirTsrar
1 1 1 - 1 1
Sold by.drucsists or sent
T. it A zelt-xe, r Warren, Pa.
CRATEIjUL COMFORTING.
BREAKFAST.
"By nttinroiif-'h knmvet"K ff the natural laws
which govern the rjwrations nf dlfwtlnn and nutri
tion, and by a carrriil aiiplicatic-n f.f ti tine projxr
ii of well-Mlprted Cow.a. Hr. Epps lias piov:d!d
Our brpakfhst talilits with a dfcljrately Cavoured liev
erar m hich may save us many heavy rtoctir' bills.
It is by iho jiiflicions me of six h articles of diet that,
a constitution rnay 1 R-iudu!ly l.ul.t ptintil etroiwr
enoiuh lo resist -vtry tnirni;y lo AiMeaHe. Hun
dredH of stilitliMiitiliid.t refloating around us ready
to attack wliurcwr llu rft s a we.ik jioint. We mar
PBcnpo mniiv p fatel thaft by teptnK oiir elves well
fortified with pine blood and a proptrly nourished
frame." CiiU S rt-fc ft a xii-. ...
Mnde simply witn toilintr v ater or m'lk. Sold
onlv in hall' pound tine, bv Orcrrrs. la riled thus:
J A.U t.Si EPPsi & i'., lIomi atMc Chtmists,
Ii.nun, KcKland.
ITME WONOiRFOU If CSi
t-Jji.il nc rncuiti t nr
INVALID
UNO
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"Wo retail at Mao lorn
Kk ilemale artnry prices, t
mil rnrr
and snip coods to be
pud far on delivery,
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'ifl orth Klfieenili is Philadelphia, To., for
Uie treatmeut of Blood PoUonR, hkln Kniptlona,
henrous Complaints, ItriKht's Disease. St rtrture,
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